The Last Days of Joy

Meet the Tobin family ...Joy - the motherUnconscious in a hospital bed, Joy's latest act has thrown the family into turmoilFrances - the middle childSeemingly perfect wife and mother, Frances is having inappropriate dreams about an ex, and might be about to derail her whole lifeConor - the protectorSuccessful and famous, high-flyer Conor is walking a fine line between self-promotion and self-detonationSinead - the baby of the familyBohemian rebel, trying to write the story she needs to tell, but despising herself for failing to do itAs Joy hovers between life and death, the siblings must come together to face their past. It's the only chance they have of unlocking the future.A stunning novel about complex family dynamics, the intricacies of motherhood, marriage, and infidelity, and the lingering power of past trauma, which echoes down generations.